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| Thread ID: 141901 | 2016-03-19 15:56:00 | Grub Boot Sequence | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1417784 | 2016-03-19 15:56:00 | I went to this looking for a way to change the sequence of booting to XP and change it to Puppy . I want to be able to make Puppy load as default . Is this OK for puppy? sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grub-customizer This looks impressive, but I'm not really sure that this will work . I assume that I copy/paste this inside urxvt terminal emulator . . . right? Or is this just a website that sends me the grub customizer? What it looks like to me is that it is calling up something that's already inside Puppy and just makes it run . But I'm not too sure that a sudu-thing is correct . :waughh: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1417785 | 2016-03-19 16:08:00 | Well - that didn't work. First - you can't c/p inside that command box. That's just wrong on every count I think. But after entering it, it just barfed it up and told me I was wrong (again)..... which may or may not be it's way of keeping itself safe from me...... sudu bash ---- something or other ............ tells me it was a bad command. I'll keep experimenting here until it smokes. Going here next --- but it looks very scary...... puppylinux.org I think they (Linux-heads) make this stuff odious and scary on purpose. I don't want to write code, I just want to use Puppy. Boy! I can sure get into a lot of trouble here while youse guys are asleep. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1417786 | 2016-03-19 19:25:00 | One reason I put Linux Mint Mate on my netbook instead of Puppy. Puppy is fine but is much harder to get to grips with. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1417787 | 2016-03-19 19:34:00 | You are using Slacko. sudo will work, add-apt-repository or apt-get won't. This is a command for debian based distributions, like Puppy based on Ubuntu. You really do not need a grub customizer. It is much simpler to edit grub.conf, possibly found in /boot/grub and change the default= line to the index of the entry, 0 being first entry, 1 being the second, etc. Cheers, KK |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1417788 | 2016-03-19 19:41:00 | Edit: just read Kame's reply and I hadn't realised Puppy cannot use apt-get. Removed what I suggested. | Jen (38) | ||
| 1417789 | 2016-03-19 21:02:00 | maybe this'll help www.howtogeek.com I've managed to edit grub in the past but never on slacko and not for a long time. If that's not helpful you'll have to wait for one of the Linux guru's to wake up, I just dabble with it. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1417790 | 2016-03-20 01:03:00 | You are using Slacko. sudo will work, add-apt-repository or apt-get won't. This is a command for debian based distributions, like Puppy based on Ubuntu. You really do not need a grub customizer. It is much simpler to edit grub.conf, possibly found in /boot/grub and change the default= line to the index of the entry, 0 being first entry, 1 being the second, etc. Cheers, KK Reading that - it makes sense. Let me see if I can either implement it or ruin something in the process. I was gonna use a different distro but there was a lot of discussion about the server being hacked and they were working on it - so needing something fast I grabbed Puppy and installed it. I really appreciate your patience with me here. It means a lot. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1417791 | 2016-03-20 01:04:00 | maybe this'll help www.howtogeek.com I've managed to edit grub in the past but never on slacko and not for a long time. If that's not helpful you'll have to wait for one of the Linux guru's to wake up, I just dabble with it. This different time zone stuff is kinda strange --- different day even! |
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